Quotes About Righteousness

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

You have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.

He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

Then he said, ëThe God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.

Nor can they prove to you any of their charges against me.

and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.

Otherwise, let these men state for themselves any crime they found in me when I stood before the Sanhedrin,

As Paul expounded on righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “You may go for now. When I find the time, I will call for you.”

On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

Although they know Godís righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

And we know that Godís judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when Godís righteous judgment will be revealed.

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.